{"id":5669,"date":"2013-12-13T06:49:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T06:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5669"},"modified":"2013-12-13T06:49:19","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T06:49:19","slug":"mars-quarterly-fall-2013-opportunity-rover-on-hotel-mars-bob-zimmerman-on-batchelor-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5669","title":{"rendered":"Mars Quarterly, Fall 2013 + Opportunity rover on Hotel Mars + Bob Zimmerman on Batchelor show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marssociety.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Mars Society<\/a>\u00a0opens access to the latest issue of the \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/a\/marssociety.org\/www\/home\/press\/announcements\/themarsquarterlyfall2013nowonline\" target=\"_d\">The Mars Quarterly (Fall 2013)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farrviewconsulting.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Dr. William Farrand<\/a>\u00a0of the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado\u00a0talked with David Livingston and John Batchelor on this week&#8217;s <em>Hotel Mars<\/em> segment about the history of the <a href=\"http:\/\/marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov\/home\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mars rover Opportunity<\/a> and what it has been doing lately: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thespaceshow.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/12\/john-batchelor-hotel-mars-wednesday-12-11-13\/\" target=\"_d\">John Batchelor Hotel Mars, Wednesday, 12-11-13 &#8211; \u00a0Thespaceshow&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/behindtheblack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Zimmerman<\/a> also spoke about various Mars topics and news from several other space related areas this week on the Batchelor show:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/johnbatchelorshow.com\/podcasts\/2013\/12\/12\/third-hour\" target=\"_d\">Thurs 12\/12\/13 Hr 3 | John Batchelor Show<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/johnbatchelorshow.com\/podcasts\/2013\/12\/11\/fourth-hour\" target=\"_d\">Wed 12\/11\/13 Hr 4 | John Batchelor Show<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/johnbatchelorshow.com\/podcasts\/2013\/12\/10\/first-hour\" target=\"_d\">Tues 12\/10\/13 Hr 1 | John Batchelor Show<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mars Society\u00a0opens access to the latest issue of the \u00a0The Mars Quarterly (Fall 2013). === Dr. William Farrand\u00a0of the Space Science Institute in Boulder, Colorado\u00a0talked with David Livingston and John Batchelor on this week&#8217;s Hotel Mars segment about the history of the Mars rover Opportunity and what it has been doing lately: \u00a0John Batchelor &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5669\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mars Quarterly, Fall 2013 + Opportunity rover on Hotel Mars + Bob Zimmerman on Batchelor show<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,78,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-mars","category-spacecasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1tr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2098,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2098","url_meta":{"origin":5669,"position":0},"title":"Space on the John Batchelor Show: Bob Zimmerman + Hotel Mars","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Bob Zimmerman reports on the latest space news during regular weekly slots (usually Tuesday and Thursdays) on the John Batchelor radio program. 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